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Fatal Fashion Analysis of recent factory fires in Pakistan and Bangladesh: A call to protect and respect garment workers’ lives Read More
Housing and Urban Service Needs of Home-Based Workers: Findings From a Seven-Country Study This policy brief considers linkages between urban infrastructure and livelihood issues for home-based workers. It is based on a series of... Read More
Housing Finance for Poor Working Women: Innovations of the Self-Employed Women’s Association in India The Self-Employed Womens Association (SEWA) of India recognizes that the home is a paramount productive asset, especially for poor women.... Read More
Legal and Policy Tools to Meet Informal Workers Demands: Lessons from India This brief draws on a two-year Indian study detailing how legal and policy tools have been used or can be used to address the diverse concerns... Read More
Organizing Women Workers in the Informal Economy: Beyond the Weapons of the Weak Analyzes how women workers are using organization and mobilization to enforce their rights. Read More
Street Vendors in Ahmedabad: Status, Contribution and Challenges From the preface: “This Working Paper forms part of the research project, Making Space for the Poor: Law, Rights, Regulation and Street-Trade... Read More
Supporting Women Home-Based Workers: The Approach of the Self-Employed Womens, Association in India The Self-Employed Women’s Association (SEWA) of India is a national labour union that organizes women, workers in the informal economy... Read More
Toward a Common Framework for Informal Employment across Developed and Developing Countries This paper addresses the importance of developing a common framework for defining informal employment in developed countries, and highlights... Read More
Waste Pickers’ Recognition as Public Waste Managers in Colombia Presentation prepared for the Conference “Putting Public in Public Services: Research, Action and Equity in the Global South.” Read More
